samba - Oct 2002 - pam_mkhomedir.so and Samba question (was: RE: Script question)

Okay, I've got it partially working.  Will that module also do it from a
non-*nix login?  For instance, say the user will more than likely never log into
that server from a telnet session.  Where would I put the following line:

session    required     /lib/security/pam_mkhomedir.so skel=/etc/skel

I'm running RedHat 7.3.  In the /etc/pam.d directory, there are a bunch of
different files.  Currently I have it in two spots, the login file, and the
samba file.  I know it works fine in the login file as far as a telnet session
goes.  It does nothing though when connecting to the share through Windows.  So
I tried putting the same line in the samba file, and still nothing.

Am I putting it in the wrong file?

Any help is appreciated.

Thanks and regards,
Scott

-----Original Message-----
From: Scott Wrosch 
Sent: Tuesday, October 29, 2002 11:07 AM
To: Samba; samba@samba.org
Subject: RE: [Samba] Script question

Thanks Josh!  That should do the trick.  I found exactly what I was looking for
at that link.

-----Original Message-----
From: Samba [mailto:Samba@guidemail.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, October 29, 2002 10:57 AM
To: Scott Wrosch; samba@samba.org
Subject: RE: [Samba] Script question

Start with 'man pam'
Or you can look here:
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/libs/pam/Linux-PAM-html/

HTH

Josh

-----Original Message-----
From: Scott Wrosch [mailto:swrosch@MarketingAssociates.com]
Sent: Tuesday, October 29, 2002 9:51 AM
To: Samba; samba@samba.org
Subject: RE: [Samba] Script question


You'll have to forgive me, as I'm still a bit of a noob when it comes to
Samba and many aspects of Linux, but how do I use it?  I'm sure it's
something stupidly simple, but I'm not sure where to begin.

Thanks,
Scott

-----Original Message-----
From: Samba [mailto:Samba@guidemail.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, October 29, 2002 10:48 AM
To: Scott Wrosch; samba@samba.org
Subject: RE: [Samba] Script question

Have you looked at pam_mkhomedir ??  It will create home directories
automatically.  And you can do this with any pam-enabled service, i.e.
telnet, ftp, samba.

Josh

-----Original Message-----
From: Scott Wrosch [mailto:swrosch@MarketingAssociates.com]
Sent: Tuesday, October 29, 2002 9:30 AM
To: samba@samba.org
Subject: [Samba] Script question


Hello,

I've got the following script that I want to run every time a user logs in
to the Samba server, whether it be from a mapped share or by opening a
telnet session into the server and logging in that way.

Here's the script:

#!/bin/sh

DOMAIN=`echo $USER | awk -F_ '{print $1}'`
USERNAME=`echo $USER | awk -F_ '{print $2}'`

if [ $DOMAIN = "MA" ]; then
  if [ -d /home/$DOMAIN/$USERNAME ]; then
    continue
  else
    mkdir /home/$DOMAIN/$USERNAME
  fi
fi

It's not the prettiest, but it does what I want, which is create the users
home directory if it doesn't exist.

Now, I know there were a couple of options in the smb.conf file for doing
this, but I can't get it to cooperate.  Can anyone help, or offer an
alternate means?

Thanks and regards,

Scott Wrosch
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On Tue, 29 Oct 2002, Scott Wrosch wrote:
> Okay, I've got it partially working.  Will that module also do it from
a non-*nix login?  For instance, say the user will more than likely never log
into that server from a telnet session.  Where would I put the following line:
>
> session    required     /lib/security/pam_mkhomedir.so skel=/etc/skel
>
> I'm running RedHat 7.3.  In the /etc/pam.d directory, there are a bunch
of different files.  Currently I have it in two spots, the login file, and the
samba file.  I know it works fine in the login file as far as a telnet session
goes.  It does nothing though when connecting to the share through Windows.  So
I tried putting the same line in the samba file, and still nothing.
>
> Am I putting it in the wrong file?
No, it has to be in the Samba pam file, but there is more to it. You also
have to tell Samba that is has to obey the rules set forth in the pam
files.

I've created a small howto detailing a Samba/Winbind setup as part of a
domain controlled by Windows DC's. It includeds all details on setting up
pam_mkhomedir.

You can fin it at : http://www.sin.khk.be/~dj/

Kind regards,
Tim Verhoeven

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